Lupe Vélez

Lupe Vélez

  • Birthday: 1908-07-18
  • Deathday: 1944-12-13
  • Place of birth: San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
  • Also know as: María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lupe Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 13, 1944), was a Mexican and American stage and film actress, comedian, dancer and vedette. Vélez began her career as a performer in Mexican vaudeville in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States, she made her first film appearance in a short film in 1927. By the end of the decade, in the last years of American silent films, she had progressed to leading roles in numerous movies like El Gaucho (1927), Lady of the Pavements (1928) and Wolf Song (1929), among others. She was one of the first successful Latin American actresses in the United States. During the 1930s, her well-known explosive screen persona was exploited in a series of successful films like Hot Pepper (1933), Strictly Dynamite (1934) and Hollywood Party (1934). In the 1940s, Vélez's popularity peaked after appearing in the Mexican Spitfire films, a series created to capitalize on Vélez's well-documented fiery personality. Nicknamed The Mexican Spitfire by the media, Vélez's personal life was as colorful as her screen persona. She had several highly publicized romances and a stormy marriage. In December 1944, Vélez died of an intentional overdose of Seconal. Her death, and the circumstances surrounding it, have been the subject of speculation and controversy.   Description above from the Wikipedia article Lupe Vélez licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.  

Filmography

The Half-Naked Truth

1932

As Teresita

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

1942

As Carmelita Lindsay

Mexican Spitfire

1940

As Carmelita Lindsay

East Is West

1930

As Ming Toy

Hell Harbor

1930

As Anita Morgan

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

1942

As Carmelita Lindsay

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

1941

As Carmelita Lindsay

Mexican Spitfire Out West

1940

As Carmelita Lindsay

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

1942

As Carmelita Lindsay

The Broken Wing

1932

As Lolita

The Girl from Mexico

1939

As Carmelita Fuentes

Lady of the Pavements

1929

As Nanon del Rayon

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

1943

As Carmelita Lindsay

Honolulu Lu

1941

As Consuelo Cordoba aka Honolulu Lu

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

1941

As Madame La Zonga

The Storm

1930

As Manette Fachard

Redhead from Manhattan

1943

As Rita Manners / Elaine Manners

La zandunga

1938

As Lupe

Gypsy Melody

1936

As Mila

The Morals of Marcus

1935

As Carlotta

East is West

1930

As Ming Toy

What Women Did for Me

1927

As The Dean's Daughter

Resurrection

1931

As Katyusha Maslova

The men in my life

1932

As Julia Clark

Mr. Broadway

1933

As Lupe Vélez

Naná

1944

As Naná

Palooka

1934

As Nina Madero

Kongo

1932

As Tula

The Cuban Love Song

1931

As Nenita

Where East Is East

1929

As Toyo Haynes

Stand and Deliver

1928

As Jania - a Peasant Girl

The Squaw Man

1931

As Naturich

Strictly Dynamite

1934

As Vera

Laughing Boy

1934

As Slim Girl

Ladies' Day

1943

As Pepita Zorita

Hot Pepper

1933

As Pepper

Wolf Song

1929

As Lola Salazar

The Gaucho

1927

As The Mountain Girl

Tiger Rose

1929

As Rose

Resurrection

1931

As Katyusha Maslova

Stardust

1938

As Carla de Huelva

Playmates

1941

As Carmen del Toro

High Flyers

1937

As Juanita - the Maid

Sailors, Beware!

1927

As Baroness Behr (uncredited)

Hollywood Party

1934

As Lupe Vélez

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

As (archive footage)

The Casting Couch

1995

As (archive footage)

Fashion News

1928

As Self (1929)

That's Entertainment! III

1994

As (archive footage)

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